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Two saber-toothed cats eating and standing on top of a zebra lying on the ground
Follow the Fossil: Unearthing Ice Age Mysteries
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Onlookers watch scientists in the Fossil Lab
Fossil Lab

What happens after the fossils at La Brea Tar Pits are excavated? This is where you find out.

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Image of mammoths
3D Theater

Travel back in time with Titans of the Ice Age.

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LBTP
Tours & Activities Kids & Family Adults

Excavator Tour

The Excavator Tour explores the Fossil Lab where real paleontologists work, our historic excavation sites, and Project 23, where live excavations can be seen.

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daily

  • 1:00 pm
Museum Educator wearing a headset with a microphone and holding a skull.
LBTP
Tours & Activities

Discoveries From   
the Tar Pits

Join a Museum Educator to hear about exciting discoveries from the Tar Pits! These 20-minute presentations highlight what we can learn at the Tar Pits, followed by a Q&A opportunity. Topics are always changing.

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weekly

  • 3:30 pm

Daily, 3:30 pm: 
Meet outside the Fossil Lab

Saturday–Sunday, 10:30 am:
Meet at flagpole outside Museum

Museum Educator leading visitors along a path with big cat paw prints
LBTP
Tours & Activities Kids & Family Adults

Excavator Tour

The Excavator Tour explores the Fossil Lab where real paleontologists work, our historic excavation sites, and Project 23, where live excavations can be seen.

Learn more

daily

  • 1:00 pm
Museum Educator wearing a headset with a microphone and holding a skull.
LBTP
Tours & Activities

Discoveries From   
the Tar Pits

Join a Museum Educator to hear about exciting discoveries from the Tar Pits! These 20-minute presentations highlight what we can learn at the Tar Pits, followed by a Q&A opportunity. Topics are always changing.

Learn more

weekly

  • 3:30 pm

Daily, 3:30 pm: 
Meet outside the Fossil Lab

Saturday–Sunday, 10:30 am:
Meet at flagpole outside Museum

Museum Educator leading visitors along a path with big cat paw prints
LBTP
Tours & Activities Kids & Family Adults

Excavator Tour

The Excavator Tour explores the Fossil Lab where real paleontologists work, our historic excavation sites, and Project 23, where live excavations can be seen.

Learn more

daily

  • 1:00 pm

Stories

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A researcher in a white lab coat returns a fossil to a shelf in a row of compact shelving

Samuel Oschin Global Center 
for Ice Age Research

Samuel Oschin Global Center 
for Ice Age Research

A New Scientific Research Hub

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Skulls, dragonfly, gears, and other scientific illustrations in yellow, pink, and white on purple background
STEAM Programs

Join us for Girls in STEM Programming at the Natural History Museum! Our Girls in STEM Programming has opportunities for girls ages 8-18 to participate in hands-on STEM activities, meet real scientists, and explore future career paths in a fun and engaging way.

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